Poll: Nashville mayor's race in three-way tie for first

July 25, 2015

The Tennessean

We've been told by a series of internal campaign polls that Bill Freeman is firmly atop Nashville's mayoral race and a gaggle of candidates is competing for second place.

But a new poll — one funded by an outside special interest group, not a mayoral campaign — says it's now a three-way statistical tie for first. And Freeman, the poll says, is no shoo-in to make a run-off.

A poll obtained by The Tennessean that was funded by the Tennessee Laborers PAC, which hasn't endorsed in the mayor's race but leans to the left, has Megan Barry in first with 20 percent of support from likely voters, followed by David Fox at 19 percent and Freeman at 18 percent. That puts the three in a statistical dead heat for the top spot.